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Yooka-Laylee & Volta-X Team Up For A New Collaboration
GungHo Online Entertainment America and Playtonic Games have teamed up for a special Yooka-Laylee and Volta-X collaboration The two worlds will collide as the latter gets a new playable crewmate in Yooka, complete with his sidekick Laylee on his back, to take part in a brand new story mission The game now has character-specific skills[...]
Yooka-Laylee
Both of Playtonic Games' main characters will be thrown into the mix as part of the strategic robot battler's first major free content update Starting this week, players today will see changes to the game's Headquarters as well as a bit of combat balancing, a new mix of weapons, and several emotes We got more[...]
Team17 Announce "Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair" For E3 2019
Publisher Team17 and developer Playtonic Games have released a brand new trailer for Yooka-Laylee And The Impossible Lair this week The trailer shows off more of the game's mechanics when it comes to the changing of levels, specifically when you can flood them with water and change them into water levels Or add ice to[...]
Team17 Announce "Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair" For E3 2019
The game appears to serve as a proper sequel to the original developed by Playtonic Games and released in 2017 And it appears they're the primary developer behind this one as well, according to their Twitter Until we get more info next week, enjoy the trailer for Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair. credit//Team17 In this new platforming[...]
Shovel Knight Will Be In Yooka-Laylee
Yooka-Laylee just closed EGX with a panel about the game, it had a pretty unexpected surprise too. Playtonic Games have just announced that Shovel Knight will be guest starring in Yooka-Laylee The developer approached Yacht Club Games when Team17 floated the idea of a guest character in the game. Take a look at the announcement here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TZo5Gnxog8Video can't be[...]
Ex-Rare Employees Making A New Platformer – Banjo Kazooie Spiritual Successor?
Playtonic Games is a new studio made up entirely of old Rare employees By their own admission on their website, they have: the bloke who programmed Donkey Kong Country, the character designer behind Banjo and Kazooie, and the artist who made your console fit to burst with lavish environments across a decade's worth of adventure games. The[...]